host: patrick rice. guest: that goes back to the dead lock we were discussing earlier. if you were to ask john boehner, he would say the house has passed what we consider jobs bills, and indeed they have which would open up more offshore drilling and cut back on the regulations. democrats say we have passed job bills, and the trouble is when you have two different philosophies and each with enough authority the thwart, what you see is a deadlock, so everyone's setting on their hands and hoping for everything to go better. it's an unfortunate situation if you're one looking to see government information in one direction or the other. host: on our line for independents from norfolk, virginia, mark you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning, gentlemen. patrick, i just wanted to have you comment. everyone who called in is 100% correct from the first caller mark, he was dead spot. your wages do not stretch to the increase in product and services. and to the teacher who called in who talked about